MSLA 2025 Conference

MSLA 2025 Conference

7:00am EST

Breakfast & Registration Foyer & Terrace

8:00am EST

Keynote: Kwame Mbalia Ballroom (Tiffany)Kwame Mbalia

9:30am EST

AI and the Re-Search Process Room 104Laurie Taylor • Molly Wong The Great Genrefication Project Room 101Jennifer Jones DESE School Librarian Evaluation Rubric Focus Group Room 103Jennifer Varney • Deborah Lang Froggatt

10:30am EST

Hot Topics in Law for Libraries Room 104Jennifer Guerin • Andrea Fiorillo • Tricia London Adapting Media Literacy Education in an Age of Misinformation Room 101Jen Mason Stott • Sarah Blout Rosenberg Destiny Library Manager - Tips & Tricks Room 103Patti Sullivan-hall

11:20am EST

Lunch served Foyer & Terrace Visit Vendors Foyer & Terrace

12:30pm EST

Hot Books in 2025 Room 104Bindy Fleischman

1:30pm EST

School Librarians and Imposter Syndrome: Why We Doubt Ourselves and Why We Shouldn’t! Room 101Jennifer Varney Removing Roadblocks to Reading Room 104Barbara Johnson

2:30pm EST

Demystifying AI: The Cans, Can'ts, Coulds, and Shoulds Room 104Zak Kolar Dig into Digital Citizenship for Elementary and Middle School Learners Room 103Amy Salinger • Paul Hundley The Cataloger is "IN" Room 108/109

3:45pm EST

Author Panel & Signing Ballroom (Tiffany)Bindy Fleischman • Rob Buyea • Roshani Chokshi • Kate Fussner • Stephanie Seales

5:00pm EST

Dinner on your own

7:00pm EST

50th Anniversary Party Zachariah's

7:00am EST

Breakfast & Registration Foyer & Terrace

8:15am EST

Keynote: Mass. Sen. Jake Oliveira Ballroom (Tiffany)Senator Jake Oliveira

9:30am EST

Screens and Teens Room 104Laura Gardner • Ella Stocker Reach to Teach: Marketing Library Services to Achieve Equity Room 101PJ Feynman

10:30am EST

A Head Start on Building a School-wide Community Reading Program Room 103Dana Gauthier Getting Active in Your Union Room 101 Librarians as critical collaborators on the MA student-led Civic Engagement Project Room 108/109Leslie Skantz-Hodgson

11:20am EST

Lunch served Ballroom (Tiffany) Visit Vendors Foyer & Terrace

1:30pm EST

Getting Ready to Retire? Room 101 The Decolonial Mindset: Exploring the role of the library Room 103Jenna Wolf

2:30pm EST

Create Digital Book Recommendations Using Canva Ballroom (Tiffany)Marina King Creator Connection - How you can bring an author to your school Room 104Sheila Magovern AI: Current Landscape and Future Direction Room 101Mark McNeil

3:30pm EST

Jobalike: Independent Room 115Jenna Wolf Jobalike: Middle School Room 103Sara Ravid • Elizabeth Vaccaro Jobalike: Multi Grade Spans Room 104Lani Blechman

4:25pm EST

Regional Meeting: Boston Room 101Trent Bordok Regional Meeting: Central Room 104Michael Caligiuri Regional Meeting: Metrowest Ballroom (Tiffany)Reba Tierney Regional Meeting: Northeast Room 103PJ Feynman Regional Meeting: Southeast Room 108/109Colleen Simpson • Sue Larson Regional Meeting: West Room 106Emily Willis

5:30pm EST

Skip the Traffic Dinner TBA